netdev - Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix compile warning of unused variable

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Date:   Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:57:14 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxm@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix compile warning of unused variable

Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com> writes:

> We got a compile warning shows below:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c: In function
> 'mwifiex_sdio_remove':
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c:377:6: warning: variable
> 'ret' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>
> Per the code, it didn't check if mwifiex_sdio_read_fw_status
> finish successfully. We should at least check the return of
> mwifiex_sdio_read_fw_status, otherwise the following check of
> firmware_stat and adapter->mfg_mode is pointless as the device
> is probably dead.

I don't see that warning, any ideas why? My compiler:

gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 5.4.0 20160609


-- 
Kalle Valo